With the exploding IRS scandal growing daily, it’s hard to keep up.  But let me cover one aspect previously revealed, but not looked at in detail. 

The IRS goal was clear — the purpose was to deter Tea Party groups from being active (let alone effective) in the 2012 election cycle — especially considering their success in the 2010 elections.  For 27 months, apparently the IRS did not approve a singly Tea Party nonprofit application — while often routinely approving left of center groups’ applications.

Only after the election was over did the approvals finally start to be granted.  25 Tea Party groups — grassroots organizations with little funding and no paid staff — decided to withdraw from the application process altogether.

Here’s just one of the many, many dangerous pieces of information a Tea Party supposedly had to provide the IRS (paraphrased) — “Declare which of your donors has previously run for political office — or who plans to run for office in the near future.”  NO ONE asks such questions of donors.  And how would you like to face perjury charges for providing inaccurate information the the IRS — even through omission?  And even if you win in court, you still could face tens of thousands of dollars in legal bills.

Here’s the two questionnaires:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05_02/Richmond%20tea%20party%20IRS%20letter.pdf